雅思口语真题
Describe a happy childhood memory.
You should say:
when and where the incident you remember happened
who you were with
what happened exactly
and explain why it is a happy memory.
描述一个快乐的童年记忆。
你应该说。
你记忆中的事件发生的时间和地点
你和谁在一起
具体发生了什么
并解释为什么它是一个快乐的记忆。
I grew up very far from most of my family so I only saw them once a year. Every summer I would go to stay with them, while my parents continued working. Although I missed my parents, I used to really enjoy spending time with my grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles. I spent all summer there, nearly two whole months, so from time to time my cousins and I would get bored. We would ask my grandparents if they had any ideas for interesting things we could do. Sometimes they suggested going for a bike ride, sometimes into town to do some shopping. At other times, they showed us a new game to play. Then we were happy again.
One day - it must be about 30 years ago (doesn't time fly!) - all of us got really, really bored and we kept complaining to my grandparents. They were tearing their hair out, trying to think up ideas of where we could go and what we could do. Suddenly, my granddad came up with the idea of going to a new water park that had opened that summer. I hadn't heard about it but my cousins had, and they told me all about it. It was a park with vast numbers of different pools, some inside, and some outside. There were water slides as well. And, on top of there was not one, but two playgrounds with swings, a merry-go-round, and see-saws. We were so excited.
We set off and on the way, we were all singing songs and laughing. We couldn't wait to get there. When we arrived, my cousins and I ran into the park and changed into our swimming costumes. Then we went looking for the most exciting-looking pool, and we found it, one with brightly coloured tiles and slides, we jumped straight in. We played all day in the park and had a lovely lunch, sitting on some benches in the sunshine.
My granddad loved a pool that was filled with spa water. It was dark brown and stank of rotten eggs. I didn't want to go in but he eventually convinced me. I'm pleased he did because the water was really warm. I'd never swum in water that warm. I didn't want to get out, despite the terrible smell.
I consider it such a happy memory because we enjoyed ourselves so much and I remember so vividly how I felt that day. But there's more to it than just that. When I look back now, I understand how caring my grandparents were and how much they wanted us all to be happy. They would have done anything to help us have a good time. I appreciate that more now that I'm older and have children of my own. I hope we thanked them; I can't remember. But, anyway, they were content, I'm sure, to just watch us have an amazing time, playing and laughing in the water. So, as you can see, it was a wonderful day and is one of my favourite childhood memories.
What other activity did you use to enjoy when you were staying with your family?
I loved going for walks in the local park. There were people selling all kinds of delicious foods from carts, so my grandparents would invariably buy us some treats, like homemade ice cream or cakes.
我在离大部分家人很远的地方长大，所以我每年只见他们一次。每年夏天我都会去和他们一起住，而我的父母则继续工作。虽然我很想念我的父母，但我以前非常喜欢和我的祖父母、表兄弟姐妹、姑姑和叔叔们在一起。我在那里度过了整个夏天，几乎整整两个月，所以我和我的表兄弟们不时地感到无聊。我们会问我的祖父母，他们是否有什么有趣的事情可以做。有时他们建议我们去骑自行车，有时去城里购物。在其他时候，他们会给我们展示一个新的游戏来玩。然后我们又高兴起来。
有一天--那一定是30年前的事了（时间过得真快！）--我们所有人都变得非常非常无聊，我们一直向我的祖父母抱怨。他们撕扯着头发，试图想出我们可以去哪里，可以做什么的主意。突然，我的祖父想到了去一个新的水上公园的想法，这个公园在那个夏天开放。我没有听说过，但我的表兄弟听说过，他们告诉了我所有关于它的事情。那是一个有大量不同泳池的公园，有些在里面，有些在外面。还有水滑梯。而且，那里不是一个，而是两个操场，有秋千、旋转木马和跷跷板。我们非常兴奋。
我们出发了，一路上，我们都在唱歌和大笑。我们迫不及待地想去那里。当我们到达时，我和我的表兄弟们跑进公园，换上我们的游泳服。然后我们去寻找看起来最刺激的游泳池，我们找到了，一个有色彩鲜艳的瓷砖和滑梯的游泳池，我们直接跳了进去。我们在公园里玩了一整天，还吃了一顿可爱的午餐，坐在阳光下的一些长椅上。
我爷爷喜欢一个装满温泉水的游泳池。它是深褐色的，散发着臭鸡蛋的味道。我不想下水，但他最终说服了我。我很高兴他这样做，因为水真的很温暖。我从来没有在那么热的水里游过泳。尽管气味很难闻，我还是不想出来。
我认为这是一个非常快乐的回忆，因为我们非常享受，我非常清楚地记得那天的感觉。但是，它的意义不仅仅在于此。当我现在回首往事时，我明白我的祖父母是多么关心我们，他们多么希望我们都能幸福。他们会做任何事情来帮助我们度过一段美好的时光。现在我长大了，有了自己的孩子，我更欣赏这一点。我希望我们感谢过他们；我不记得了。但是，无论如何，我确信，他们只是看着我们在水中玩耍和欢笑，度过了一段美妙的时光。所以，正如你所看到的，那是美好的一天，是我最喜欢的童年记忆之一。
当你和家人住在一起时，你还喜欢什么活动？
我喜欢到当地的公园里去散步。那里有人用小车卖各种美味的食物，所以我的祖父母总是会给我们买一些点心，比如自制的冰激凌或蛋糕。
